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Martin Wayne Lester
Lester Law
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I represent families and individuals seeking legal status or citizenship in the United States, entrepreneurs starting or purchasing businesses, and businesses hiring or transferring foreign workers. Our cases include adjustment of status (green cards), citizenship, fiancee visas (K1), business visas (E, L, H-1B, O-1), and people with extraordinary ability (EB-2 with National Interest Waiver).
Practice Area
- Immigration Law
- Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas
Fees
- Credit Cards Accepted
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- District of Columbia
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- Florida
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- Maryland
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- Tennessee
- Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee
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- Virginia
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- 6th Circuit
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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Professional Experience
- Attorney
- Lester Law
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- Southern Star Immigration, P.A.
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- Attorney
- Fleet, Spencer & Kilpatrick, P.A.
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- Ketchel & Lester, LLP
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- Woodburn S. Wesley, P.A. and Associates
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- Attorney
- Virginia Public Defender Commission
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- Public Defender, City and County of Fairfax (2000-03); Deputy Public Defender, City of Fredericksburg and Counties of Stafford, Spotsylvania, and King George (1996-2000.
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- Brownstein, Zeidman & Lore, P.L.
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- Attorney
- Virginia Public Defender Commission
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- Assistant Public Defender, City of Alexandria
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- Zuckerman, Spaeder, Goldstein, Taylor & Kolker
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Education
- Yale Law School
- J.D.
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- Brown University
- B.A. | International Relations
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- Honors: Magna Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa
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Awards
- Attorney for Justice
- Supreme Court of Tennessee
- MidSouth Super Lawyer (Immigration)
- Super Lawyers
- Attorney for Justice
- Supreme Court of Tennessee
- International Community Leader Award
- International Business Council (Chattanooga Chamber)
- Pro Bono Star Certificate of Achievement
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
Professional Associations
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Member
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- AILA Military Committee
- Chair
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- Activities: Oversee the AILA Military Assistance Program (MAP)
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- Bridge Refugee Services
- Board Chair
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- AILA Military Committee
- Vice-Chair
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- Bridge Refugee Services
- Board of Directors
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- International Business Council (Chattanooga Chamber)
- President
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- AILA Military Committee
- Member
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- Consumer Protection & Unauthorized Practice of Law Action Committee
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
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Publications
Articles & Publications
- Advising the Small Business Client: Needs, Expectations, and Reality (chapter published in Employing International Workers, 2011 Edition)
- Aspatore Books (Behind the Minds Series)
- Recognizing and Combatting Human Trafficking
- La Voz Del Latino
- Family-Based Immigration, Part 1: Marriage to a U.S. Citizen
- La Voz Del Latino
- Family-Based Immigration, Part 2: Petitioning for Family Members
- La Voz Del Latino
- The J Visa
- La Voz Del Latino
Speaking Engagements
- Military Immigration (Panel), AILA National Conference
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- EB-2 Visas (National Interest Waiver), AILA MidSouth Annual Conference
- AILA MidSouth Chapter
- Citizenship and Naturalization, Central Florida Chapter Conference, Clearwater Beach
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Ask the Experts -- Family-Based Immigration, Central Florida Chapter Conference, Clearwater Beach
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Military Immigration (Panel), Mid-South Chapter Conference, New Orleans
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
Websites & Blogs
- Website
- Website
Social Media
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